REFLECTIONS ON A FOOD + NUTRITION PARADIGM FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

22nd Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial LectureDecember 4, 2012

JOSETTE SHEERAN

WE KNOW ABOUT ONE KIND OF CLIFF…..

THE FOOD CLIFF

Source: FAO

“Food and nutrition security exists when all people at all timeshave physical, social and economic access to food, which is consumed in sufficient quantity and quality to meet theirdietary needs and food preferences, and is supportedby an environment of adequate sanitation, health servicesand care, allowing for a living healthy and active life.”

*Committee on World Food Security

WHAT IS OUR TARGET?

ARE WE ON TRACK?

Penn State

The edible crop harvest in the world is more than 4600 kcal per every person per day. Even after loss, waste, and food use as fodder there is more than 2700 kcal per day per person.

There is more than enough food today

YET:

Burden of Knowledge1000 Days

Burden of Knowledge

Brain scan – two 3-year old children

Normal Malnourished

© 2007 Dr Fernando Monckeberg Barros, Universitad Diego PortalesThe child is reported to have suffered from extreme neglect (abandono cronico) and the degree

to which other factors such as social stimulation may have impacted this child are unknown.

Burden of Knowledge

© 2007 Dr Fernando Monckeberg Barros, Universitad Diego Portales

Evidence of Effects of Malnutrition

Brain neurons in malnourished 3-yr old

Burden of Knowledge

Brain neurons in normal 3-yr old

Micronutrient status is inadequate in low-income countries

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Total GDP

US$4.3 trillion

Nutrition interventions

US$10.3 billion

Cost of malnutritionaverage 6% of GDP

(US$260 billion)

ECONOMIC IMPERATIVE

36 COUNTRIES WITH HIGHEST BURDEN OF MALNUTRITION

GAME CHANGER 1:

PARTNERSHIPS to produce AND

expand access to affordable,

nutrient-dense and fortified foods.

BREAST-FEEDING:PRACTICED BY LESS THAN 10%MOTHERS IN MANY NATIONSIS THE MOSTIMPORTANT“SOLUTION”!

NEEDED: SPECIAL NUTRIENT-DENSE FOOD FOR PREGNANT AND NURSING MOTHERS

GAME CHANGER 2:

PARTNERSHIPS WHICH EMPOWER SMALL HOLDER FARMERS, THE HUNGRY AND RURAL WOMEN WITH A “HAND SHAKE”; NOT ONLY A “HAND UP” OR A “HAND OUT”

The 1 percent tells the story of the 99 percent

Purchasing for Progress – P4P

GAME CHANGER 3:TO SCALE SUSTAINABLE

‘CIRCULAR FOOD ECONOMY’ INNOVATIONS, COLLABORATION

New Alliance, New Vision for Agriculture and Grow Africa

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Transformative solutions along the value chain

Research & Development

Input distribution and adoption

Farming

Trading and processing

Manufacturingand retailing

Distribution to Consumers

Grow Africa: Overview of the global and local/regional companies submitting LOIs to date

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Scaling Up Nutrition

Together, we can achieve what no single effort could,

and make the world a healthier, stronger place for us all.

Progress of the SUN Movement: December 4 2012

SOURCE: NDRC

NEEDED: NEW COLLABORATION ON FOOD WASTE FROM FARM TO FORK

GAME CHANGER 4:LEADERS CAN BE INSPIRED TO ACT AND CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Global Commitment

1987 Ethiopia Famine

HUNGER NUMBERS HAVE NOT SHIFTED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE 1969 : FAO

IS IT BECAUSE

THE WARNING BELLS

RING SO LOUDLY

SEEMS TO HEAR THEM?

Paul Polman, CEO, UNILEVER Financial Times, November 21, 2012

1. PRIORITIZE URGENT NUTRITION AID TO PREGNANT WOMEN AND YOUNG CHILDREN2. VIEW HUNGER AS AN OPPORTUNITY, NOT A PROBLEM: CREATE WIN-WIN OPPORTUNITIES FROM

FARM TO FORK3. REVISE SUBSIDY AND POLICY MODELS DESIGNED FOR POST-WORLD WARII + POST-

INDEPENDENCE4. URGENTLY ADDRESS MASSIVE POLICY GAPS IN DEVELOPING WORLD ON LAND + INVESTMENT5. SCALE UP WHAT WORKS: PUT $ BEHIND PROVEN MODELS THAT BUILD RESILIENCY6. PROMOTE DIVERSE SOLUTIONS: END THE WAR BETWEEN LARGE SCALE AND SMALL SCALE

AGRICULTURE7. RADICALLY REDUCE WASTE FROM FARM TO FORK8. DEPLOY INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES: CLOSE THE WATER, YIELD, STORAGE, PROCESSING GAPS 9. LEADERSHIP: THE G-8, G-20 MUST INCLUDE FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY

THE 10 IMPERATIVES OF HUNGER

REMEMBER: THIS BATTLE IS ‘WINNABLE’

BUT: AVOIDING THE ‘FOOD CLIFF’ REQUIRES A PARADIGM SHIFT